Crash Course
Karl Popper, Science, & Pseudoscience: Crash Course Philosophy
The early 1900s was an amazing time for Western science, as Albert Einstein was developing his theories of relativity and psychology was born, as Sigmund Freud and psychoanalysis took over the scientific mainstream. Karl Popper observed...
TED-Ed
TED-Ed: History vs. Sigmund Freud - Todd Dufresne
Working in Vienna at the turn of the 20th century, he began his career as a neurologist before pioneering the discipline of psychoanalysis, and his influence towers above that of all other psychologists in the public eye. But was Sigmund...
Crash Course
Intro to Psychology - Crash Course Psychology
What does Psychology mean? Where does it come from? Hank gives you a 10 minute intro to one of the more tricky sciences and talks about some of the big names in the development of the field. Welcome to Crash Course Psychology!!!
Curated Video
Understanding Defense Mechanisms: The Mind's Protection Squad
Have you ever said or done something you later regretted? Or felt like your emotions run the show? Our minds use hidden strategies called defense mechanisms to protect us from uncomfortable feelings. In this video, I explain what they...
Mister Simplify
Human Defense Mechanisms by Anna Freud - Simplest Explanation Ever
Why do people get defensive time and again? What do we actually direct towards when we refer to defensiveness? Where do defense mechanisms come from? These and some more questions will be explained as we look at the contributions of...
Professor Dave Explains
Continental Philosophy Part 2: The Frankfurt School
Pivoting back to continental philosophy, we must discuss a very important movement in this tradition, and that is the Frankfurt School. This group utilized the ideas of Marx and Freud to advance the field, led by figures like Max...
Professor Dave Explains
Clinical Psychology Part 2: Present-Day Therapy
We learned about Freud and the birth of psychoanalysis, but what about what's being done today? How does modern therapy work? What is cognitive behavioral therapy? What's the difference between a psychologist/therapist, a psychiatrist,...
Professor Dave Explains
Clinical Psychology Part 1: Sigmund Freud and Psychoanalysis
It's time to dive into clinical psychology! To discuss this topic we must first discuss Sigmund Freud, the father of psychoanalysis. The whole lying down on a couch and talking to a therapist thing? That's Freud's. But he also had some...
Curated Video
In Freud's Shadow
UC Berkeley sleep scientist Matthew Walker describes how the attitudes towards sleep science have evolved over the years, and how the impact of Sigmund Freud still strongly lingers.
Curated Video
Evaluating Psychotherapy
USC legal scholar and author Elyn Saks describes how, despite a lack of rigorous studies demonstrating the impact of psychoanalysis, for many people - including herself - psychoanalysis played a very significant positive role in their...
Curated Video
Sleep Sociology
UC Berkeley sleep scientist Matthew Walker ruminates on the sociology of sleep science within the broader domain of psychology, both past and present.
Curated Video
Social Psychology, Eventually
Social psychologist Roy Baumeister (Queensland) describes his somewhat circuitous career path.
Neuro Transmissions
What is Psychodynamic Therapy?
Alfred Adler felt inferior growing up due to persistent illness and rejection. However, he transformed his inferiorities into his greatest strengths and developed an entirely new model of mental health treatment as a result. Join Micah...
Institute for New Economic Thinking
David Tuckett - The Human Element: Reinserting People into Finance
David Tuckett suggests that economics should drop the physics envy. Economics in the real world is not, and should not be, made up of mechanical situations. Finance has become too remote from human judgments and understanding the...
Institute for New Economic Thinking
David Tuckett - Not Just the Numbers: The Psychology of Emotional Asset Management
David Tuckett explores the role emotions play in asset management and the role of psychological phenomena, such as rationalization and group think, in market activity. While good statistical research can help you make good decisions, he...
Institute for New Economic Thinking
David Tuckett: How Stories about Economic Fundamentals Drive Financial Markets
Fund managers cannot possibly know what the future will bring, yet they have to commit today to holding assets that promise a return tomorrow. Such a commitment requires confidence -- confidence that is hard to find in the face of...
Institute for New Economic Thinking
David Tuckett - How Investors Use Stories to Tame Uncertainty
If you want to understand how fund managers choose a portfolio, why not ask them? That's what David Tuckett does: he draws on standard sociological techniques of interviewing to understand investors' decisions to buy or sell assets. He...
Institute for New Economic Thinking
David Tuckett - Minding the Markets
"Minding the Markets: An Emotional Finance View of Financial Instability" summarizes the findings of David Tuckett's interviews with fund managers.
The Telegraph
Dr Jordan Peterson discuss moral crisis radicalisation
When society forgets its moral values nihilism and terror reign. The internationally best-selling author and clinical psychologist Dr Jordan Peterson joins Steven Edginton to discuss the moral crisis facing the West, how people become...
Institute for New Economic Thinking
David Tuckett - After the Crash: The Need for New Economic Thinking
David Tuckett offers insights into how societies can deal with the aftermath of financial crises. He suggests that part of what's needed is greater understanding on the part of the public. For this to happen, economics needs to shoulders...
Professor Dave Explains
A Brief History of Psychology: From Plato to Pavlov
Before we dive into all the particulars of modern psychology and its research methods, we need to get a little context. When was psychology first developed, and by whom? Was it scientific at that time, or more philosophical? Who was the...
Institute for New Economic Thinking
David Tuckett - The Way Down: When Bubbles Pop
David Tuckett explores how stories affect when the market changes after bubbles pop. He notes that markets often continue to go up after crises begin, supporting the notion that it's stories, and not simple statistics, that drive...
The March of Time
1951: PSYCHOTHERAPY: DRAMATIZATION: ** Analyst sitting in chair by couch w/ reclined woman patient, woman talking to doctor (no SOT). Stereotypical, psychoanalysis, unconscious, repression.
MOT 1951: PSYCHOTHERAPY: DRAMATIZATION: ** Analyst sitting in chair by couch w/ reclined woman patient, woman talking to doctor (no SOT). Stereotypical, psychoanalysis, unconscious, repression.
Mister Simplify
Erich Fromm's Personality Types - Simplest explanation ever
The renowned Psychoanalyst Erich Fromm came up with personality types with a bid to help people understand human psychology. This video covers the important aspects of each type and attempts to make is as easy to understand as possible.